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Pours black with a large lasting tan head.Nose shows lots of chocolate, roasted malt and espresso. Quite sweet.Flavours include lots more roasted malt and a little dark chocolate. Again, quite sweet, with only a faint roasty bitterness on the finish.Carbonation is very high (Murray's seem to do this a lot) .

Found this little beauty hiding in the fridge at the Old Fitzroy Hotel, Woolloomooloo.

Pours a deep mahogany colour with a burnt orange tinge. Nice dense mocha head retaining very well and leaving beautiful dense lace around the glass. Wonderful porter look.

Smell is nicely roasty, with cocoa, slight dusty character and a hint of coffee. But yes, mostly chocolatey; sweet with just a whisper of slight toasty sourness. Pretty decent.

Taste is roasty and fairly mild; lots of cocoa-rich chocolate up front and a slight woody note on the back. Yeah quite organic, with bark and vegetative notes running throughout the palate. A hint of mint and black pepper on the mid, slight sourness but just slight. Otherwise pretty tasty and sweet, very drinkable.

Fair amount of body but a slight rough texture midway and late. Could tone down carbonation a bit, but that's really the only criticism. A mild, drinkable drop, very enjoyable.

Pours quite an opaque black-brown colour, which looks dark and heavy, but ends up being quite thin and especially light at the edges. Still that's not bad in a porter. Head is a filmy but fine light beige.

Light dusty chocolate and a touch of acidity on the nose, backed up with a pleasant roasted grain note and a good whiff of vanilla. Nice.

Taste is toasted and mild, with a pleasant nutty twang and a hint of light-roasted coffee mingling at the back. Bit of beef gravy to it as well. Quite pleasant, savoury but mild. Dark in flavour but light in body.

It's a very sessionable porter, and a pretty tasty one. Lacks a wow factor, but it's pretty decent.

Thank Ganesh I have a tasty Murray's Dark Knight Porter to follow up after that XXXX Gold! Murray's do some alright brews, so whilst I may heap great expectations on the lads at Murray's, I think (hope) they'll live up to it... Don't fail me Murray [Murray winks back at Dok from his cloud made of kegs in the sky].

Poured from a 330ml bottle into a nonic pint.

A: Dark (as a Porter should be) chocolate bodied with a thin khaki lace ring around the glass. Tasty.

S: More of a chocolate than coffee based aroma. Notes of sweet cocoa, vanilla, cacao nibs and a surprising (for the 4.5% ABV) hint of booze in the background.

T: A delightfully well-balanced and smooth Porter. Spot on with the above aroma minus the booze (thank you again Ganesh), plus an earthy hop bitter back note, however it is so on par with the sweet cocoa that it makes one wonder what kind of brew-sorcery Murray's has going on behind the scenes.

M: Here is where it lets you down a little - the body is light, too light, with a light carbonation that needs a bit of creaminess that you get from a good Oatmeal or Milk Stout.

D: Missing a bit of body and excitement but otherwise Murray's has brewed us a solid Porter. I can't help but think about how awesome the flavours of this beer would work as an Oatmeal or Milk Stout, all the others I've tried always have a smoke or coffee character, so it's nice to have a Porter that focuses almost solely on chocolate flavours. Thanks Murray!

Food match: Desserts, chocolate mousse or a fondue would match well. For mains it is a pretty light dark beer (you get my drift) which means you could pair it with damn near anything. Viva PortAAAA!

This brew pours a dark cola hue with nice carbonation that leaves behind a fast vanishing two finger cola laced head and sporadic dots of lacing here and there,the aroma is very malty with hints of dark cooking chocolate,roasted malts,weak milky coffee and some dark fruits,the mouthfeel is pretty light,well carbonated and has tastes of cherries dipped in chocolate,milky coffee,bittersweet belgian chocolate,roasted malts and finishes with a dark fruity bitter kick,overall its a nice drop that probably wont stay in my head for too long but could drink all night as a session beer with its light feel and bittersweet twist.

expected a bit more but nonetheless a decent beer with a pleasant enough taste

taste: chocolate and spice predominate with some slight coffee, citrus and grapefruit to back it up along with a little brown sugar and a hint of smoke and orange peel

aroma was very underwhelming but taste was decent enough but nothing special. Seemed quite dry and more bitter than what I am used to for a porter and seemed to be aimed at the mass market which is fair enough and definitely understandable.

Anyway, could easily drink this again and would pick it to drink against what most pub taps in Australia have on offer.

Appearance: the first thing that caught my attention was the bottle top that flew off and hit the roof like a champagne cork. A slow trickle of head poured out afterward. The first pour was 90% head, but after it settled, the second pour produces a dark brown body with highlights around the edges. two-finger tan head pops up and settles to a rocky half-finger that lasts for donkeys. Reasonable lacing. not sure why initial explosion - it had been sitting on its side in a 23-degree wine cellar fridge. Go figure.

Aroma: not much of an aroma - quite demure per the porter norm. What is evident is just a light sweet chocolate.

Taste: stronger than the aroma. Again the sweet chocolates, without much else behind it. Nonetheless, a pleasantly sweet porter. It does lack a bit of punch though.

Aftertaste: a tiny bit of bitterness comes through on the finish, but still the smooth chocolate.

Mouth feel: quite light in body with a moderate carbonation. Feels more like a dark lager than a porter. A bit disappointing - it really needs to be a bit more full in body and creamy.

Overall: another reasonable beer from Murray's, if a bit of an oddball. The flavour comes across as more of a sweet / milk stout, but there is only chocolate, and not a full enough body for that. Still a pleasant beer, but not for AU$57 for a case of 116 x 330mL.

Not bad I guess. Quite light, even for the style. Mild chocolate on the nose points to some sweetness but not evident on the palate. Rather lots of dry, almost astringent roast (tangy?), oaky bitterness and a hardness that is a bit tough going. I do have a slight bias against porters but this is not at all friendly.

The flavour is a bit of a let down. It is thin when cool with astringent roast notes, an over extracted coffee flavour and very little of the amazing fruit and toffee flavour from the aroma. As it warms, it becomes more rounded with more caramel and less astringent roast but it lacks the chocolate expected in a porter.

Medium-light body with moderate carbonation. Suitable and it helps the beer a bit.

A decent attempt at a porter. The flavour is a bit weird when served cool but the aroma is great.